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12 in Raleigh at Arts Day 2017 • In partnership with the Hillsborough Arts Council, hosted “Paint it Orange: Plain Air Paint-out & Wet Paint Sale,” the first county-wide plain air paint-out as a fundraiser for OCAC and HAC. We had 52 registrants for our first year, 60% from outside Orange County. • Published a printed Orange County Arts Map, as well as a digital version on artsorange.org • Surveyed candidates for local offices on their feelings towards the arts and made the results available to the public through artsorange.org • Offered stories of local artists, arts spaces and events on artsorange.org through a partnership with Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O, as well as staff-generated content • Hosted a nine-part series of listening sessions to discuss areas of need within the Orange County arts community. Sessions included Visual Arts; Performing Arts; Literary Arts; Town, Gown & the Arts; Arts & Business; Nonprofit Arts & Culture; Arts in Education (one each for CHCCS and OCPS); Hillsborough Arts. Over 180 members of the community participated. • Funded an extension of The ArtsCenter’s Artists in Residency program, allowing all four Title 1 schools in Orange County 16 artist residencies during the 2017-18 school year Commissioner Marcoplos said people often ask him why Orange County is focusing on the arts when there are so many other issues that exist in the County. He said he was interesting to read in the report that, “children with exposure to the arts have lower drop out rates, and better standardized test scores”. He asked if more could be shared about this. Tim Hoke said there is a lot of research on this topic, and there is also evidence of the arts in everyday life being beneficial for the aging community as well. Katie Murray said the specific study, to which Commissioner Marcoplos referred, was conducted by researchers in Philadelphia, and this data is gathered through Americans for the Arts, who publish an annual list of the top ten reasons to support the arts, with updated study results. Commissioner Rich asked if staff could talk about the economic development that the arts bring to Orange County. Katie Murray said the non-profit arts industry reports $130 million was spent in one year in Orange County. She said 2/3 of this is organizational spending, that the non-profits spend; and the remaining 1/3 is spent by the consumers. She said the arts also contributed $5.3 million to local government in that same year. • Economic Development through the arts. o The OCAC has presented the findings of Americans for the Arts Arts & Economic Prosperity Study 5 to local boards and commissions, informing community leaders that the arts are a $130.3 million industry for Orange County, employing 5,001 full- time equivalent jobs (4th largest industry employer), and generating $5.3 million for local government. Presentations have been made to Hillsborough Town Council, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board of Directors, Hillsborough Tourism Board, Carrboro Economic Development Council/Cultural Arts Commission, Chapel Hill Cultural Arts Commission, and Hillsborough Arts Council Board of Directors. Tim Hoke closed his presentation by reading a poem. • Board of Health: Health Director Quintana Stewart